Janina Rajakangas & working group: Venus
Janina Rajakangas & working group: Venus
Nov
22
Tue
18:00 – 19:30
-4–-2°C
mist
Performance information:
Tue 22.11.2022 18:00
Thu 24.11.2022 14:00
Thu 24.11.2022 18:00
Fri 25.11.2022 14:00
Fri 25.11.2022 18:00
Villa Salin
Tiirasaarentie 2, 00200 Helsinki
Information about the accessibility of the premises HERE.
Basic ticket 17€
Support ticket 35€
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Language: English
Duration: ca. 1h
Accessibility:
Flickering lights
Once a girl starts laughing, she needs to keep on laughing
Ha-ha-ha-ha
Once a girl starts clapping she needs to keep on clapping
Clap-clap-clap-clap
Once a girl starts crying she needs to keep on crying
Bu-huu bu-huu bu-huu bu-huu
Once a girl starts screaming she needs to keep on screaming
AAAaaaaa-AAAAAaaa-AAAAAAaaaa-AAAAAaaaaa
Venus is a piece made with teenage girls. It is a piece about the erotization of youth and what it is to be a girl in the 2020s. It is a project about a teenage girl growing up in a patriarchal society.
Venus reveals the part outsiders play in the understanding and appreciation of beauty and value in a girl’s life.
It tells you where we are at
It opens everyday feminist fights had by youth
It forces the ghosting needy subject to fall (for a moment)
And draws Venus again by the means of contemporary dance, performance and song.
Performers
Mea: I’m 18 years old. I attend upper secondary and dance is an important way for me to express myself. I enjoy trying out new things. I’m also passionate about crafts.
Seela: I’m 16 years old and dancing is my passion. I have been in a dance class and I also dance in my spare time. I am interested in many arts, such as music and crafts. I can’t decide which one is the nicest.
Natalia: I’m 15 years old. I dance and go to comprehensive school. I like performing a lot, but also reading and writing.
Volta: I am 13 years old. I practice singing. I also like to read. I’m in secondary school in the music program.
Working group:
Choreographer/director: Janina Rajakangas
Choreographer’s assistant: Maija Reeta Raumanni
Founding idea: Volta Rajakangas-Moussaoui
Co-choreographers/performers: Natalia Foster, Mea Holappa, Seela Merenluoma, Volta Rajakangas-Moussaoui
Spatial & lighting design: Alina Pajula
Costume design: Kirsi Gum
Sound design: Tuuli Kyttälä
Producer: Ulrika Vilke
The piece is performed in Villa Salin, owned by The Feminist Association Unioni.
Tue 22 Nov 2022 – 25 Nov 2022 18:00 – 19:30

-4–-2°C
mist
Address:
Baltic Circle office
Tunturikatu 16
00100 Helsinki